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russell simmons. and we saw earlier two actors. "glee"'s matthew morrison and from "modern family," jesse ferguson. one of the guests tonight that's causing a little bit of a stir here on the red carpet in the apt of questions will be donald trump. he's going to be hosted by "the washington post." a supposewoman for the "post" says they invited mr. trum will because he's a fascinating figure to washington. he'll be at the same table with house speaker john boehner. let's look for a couple of seconds at the red carpet and some of the folks filing in for the dinner. >> we'll be showing you clips from past dinners and comments on twitter and facebook. you can watch us live on c-span.org. it includes social media comments and live h.d. video. president obama talked about his administration's efforts to combat rising gas prices, including ending government oil industry subsidies and investing in renewable energy. and then we'll show you the republican address with james langford of oklahoma, who discusses republican proposals to bring d
russell simmons. and we saw earlier two actors. "glee"'s matthew morrison and from "modern family," jesse ferguson. one of the guests tonight that's causing a little bit of a stir here on the red carpet in the apt of questions will be donald trump. he's going to be hosted by "the washington post." a supposewoman for the "post" says they invited mr. trum will because he's a fascinating figure to washington. he'll be at the same table with house speaker...
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we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all kinds of other conditions around them that to not allow them to get there. and limited in my educational background. i am a living citizen and a taxpayer and a voter. guest: that is a nice set of issues. the question you raised about what stifles growth, i think you'll see more specific discussion in congress that in recent memory. what appears to be supporting growth, spending more money, in fact is not. there are certain regulations that are stifling growth. some small-business owners and entrepreneurs are asking the question, you are not hiring and you're not growing, why? wh
we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all...
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take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in the movie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his asstance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our world is a betterlace. we do not live in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they engaged in corrupt back room deals. and then they demand our trust, our trust, year after year after year, lie after lie after lie. well, stop lying to us and we will not have whistle-blowers. surely a government, show me a government, democratic or nongovernment the democratic. i remember the labor minister telling me, "trust me. trust me. i have seen the intelligence. the weapons are there. the weapons were not there. did it was working in the foreign office when they were going around saying that the case for wargainst saddam was thin. instead of 2003, instead of gog to chat with andrew billingham, tho
take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in the movie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his asstance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our world is a betterlace. we do not live in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they engaged in...
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host: thank you, russell, from williamsburg, virginia. from twitter, "outsourcing government functions to corporations grossly inflate costs and lower quality. we must stop that "insider" gravy train." talking about defense and what kind of priority you see it. next is a call from charlotte, north carolina. a democrat. good morning. caller: yes. i just wanted to make a comment on this funding. i just believe we're spending too much money already. we have so many bases around the world. and it's unnecessary. you know, we are the most fearful people in the world. it's unbelievable. but yet we want to call ourselves, most people want to call themselves, christians. i've never known anyone that believed in god or jesus christ to be so much in fear. it's unbelievable. i just don't understand why people are so much in fear of war. what ever happened to them believing in their god? it don't make any sense to me. and i have a question for you. how come you keep referring to our commander in chief as mr. obama? how come you can't just refer to him
host: thank you, russell, from williamsburg, virginia. from twitter, "outsourcing government functions to corporations grossly inflate costs and lower quality. we must stop that "insider" gravy train." talking about defense and what kind of priority you see it. next is a call from charlotte, north carolina. a democrat. good morning. caller: yes. i just wanted to make a comment on this funding. i just believe we're spending too much money already. we have so many bases around...
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we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate >> we are leaving this live now for the house to come back on a bill that would cut back on the pentagon's spending budget, live on c-span. ed. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1246, a bill to reduce the amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the department of defense for printing and reproduction. the speaker pro tempore: will e bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask for unanimous consent to be removed as a co-sponsor from h.r. 1323. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from north carolina rise? ms. foxx: i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 2
we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate >> we are leaving this live now for the house to come back on a bill that would cut back on the pentagon's spending budget, live on c-span. ed. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1246, a bill to reduce the amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the department of defense for printing and reproduction. the speaker pro tempore: will e bill is passed and...
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tomorrow on "washington journal," a look at the week in congress with gail russell chaddock. fox news channel correspondent jennifer griffin and greg myre talk about their book "is burning land," lessons that transformed the israeli- palestinian conflict, and from the harvard institute of politics, john della volpe on the political ideology of the millennium generation. "washington journal," >> the c-span video library has just won a peabody. you can watch every program that is aired on the c-span network since 1987. over 107,000 hours of archived video, searchable, cheryl, and free. it is washington your way. it is washington your way.
tomorrow on "washington journal," a look at the week in congress with gail russell chaddock. fox news channel correspondent jennifer griffin and greg myre talk about their book "is burning land," lessons that transformed the israeli- palestinian conflict, and from the harvard institute of politics, john della volpe on the political ideology of the millennium generation. "washington journal," >> the c-span video library has just won a peabody. you can watch...
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we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all kinds of other conditions around them that to not allow them to get there. and limited in my educational background. i am a living citizen and a taxpayer and a voter. guest: that is a nice set of issues. the question you rsed about what stifles growth, i think you'll see more specific discussion in congress that in recent memory. what appears to be supporting growth, spending more money, in fact is not. there are certain regulations that are stifling growth. some small-business owners and entrepreneurs are asking the question, you are not hiring and you're not gwing, why? what c
we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all...
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joining him is russell chew, managing partner of -- the title of this session is open " sensible modernization solutions." that is code for the next generation of air transportation system. the reason that
joining him is russell chew, managing partner of -- the title of this session is open " sensible modernization solutions." that is code for the next generation of air transportation system. the reason that
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host: and other newspapers talking more about that this morning at 7:45 with gail russel chaddock. aggie, democratic line, michigan. caller: you mentioned a lot of candidates, but unfortunately the republican party will need the democratic bowed to get a president in office. -- need the democratic vote to get a president in office. unfortunately, the only person qualified is donald trump. if they cannot get a crossover, they will not be obama. if donald trump plan, we would not even vote -- if donald trump's rand, we would not even vote. president obama would win again. they put enough money in that one program to give every man, woman, and child in the u.s. $1 million each. they could cut out medicaid. there are billions of dollars in programs like this every year. one program cut would give us what we need. host: harry reid was on "face the nation" yesterday, here is what he had to say. caller: by always look at the glass as half full. it is so easy to do, in washington terms. it is just a question of how we do it. we cannot do it on a program for little kids. as developed by pre
host: and other newspapers talking more about that this morning at 7:45 with gail russel chaddock. aggie, democratic line, michigan. caller: you mentioned a lot of candidates, but unfortunately the republican party will need the democratic bowed to get a president in office. -- need the democratic vote to get a president in office. unfortunately, the only person qualified is donald trump. if they cannot get a crossover, they will not be obama. if donald trump plan, we would not even vote -- if...
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they will hear from the keynote speaker, william russell meaad. he is from bard college. that will start at about 1:00 eastern. and then the next panel discussion on domestic farm policy debates will be on the country of russia. we will have live coverage of that. that is here for you on c-span. until then, we will go back to earlier today when there was a session on the foreign policy debates in china. >> i want to thank you for being invited today. it was a pleasure to sitting down with henry and deepa's paper. i commend the policy-oriented focus of this project. for those of us about were in the think-tank academic world for a while and you slipped into policy, it is easy to forget how much value there is in understanding the intellectual landscape in that particular country were looking at. i thought both henry's chapter and daivd in nice job -- did a nice job of laying out the debate and try to talk about the policy focus. i thought i would make four very brief comments about the paper and handed over to david and mike:. the paper is a great paper as i anticipated. n
they will hear from the keynote speaker, william russell meaad. he is from bard college. that will start at about 1:00 eastern. and then the next panel discussion on domestic farm policy debates will be on the country of russia. we will have live coverage of that. that is here for you on c-span. until then, we will go back to earlier today when there was a session on the foreign policy debates in china. >> i want to thank you for being invited today. it was a pleasure to sitting down with...
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bob, we have not had so much fun since we were campaigning in russell at the dairy queen. it is an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's homes state of kansas as we dedicate a most fitting plaque recognizing his tireless support for the veterans. the world war ii memorial would not exist if not for senator bob dole. the instructions were clear about three minutes. i wonder about that with the vice president. he was writing his speech when we came in. three minutes and no cornball humor. that is just as well. bob gets the last word. to some of his legislative record is like summing up american history since 1865 in three minutes. his legislative achievements are legion. he did so much more as senate leader. he did others the credit for it. as a marine, i take orders. hang on. most here know or have a friend in hospice care. bob dole and the hospice care arct. every farmer and rancher in kansas knows that bob wrote point on every farm bill that came down the trail. emergency relief, world development -- rural development, and small town america. social security,
bob, we have not had so much fun since we were campaigning in russell at the dairy queen. it is an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's homes state of kansas as we dedicate a most fitting plaque recognizing his tireless support for the veterans. the world war ii memorial would not exist if not for senator bob dole. the instructions were clear about three minutes. i wonder about that with the vice president. he was writing his speech when we came in. three minutes and no cornball...
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i would like to ask secretary russell to elaborate on when he chose to challenge and choose to defer. >> answer now? >> in time. [laughter] >> the short answer is " imperfectly." >> third, the role of a cabinet official. just as there are issues when a secretary of defense should defer to his general, there are important questions the book raises about when a cabinet officer should challenge or defer to a president. it is clear that mr. rumsfeld views the duties of the cabinet official differently from the way: paul did. all like to ask you, mr. secretary, to elaborate on how ec the role of the cabinet official on dealing with controversial issues with the president may be ill informed were wrong in his judgment. fourth, at last, i would like to ask secretary rumsfeld to comment on current affairs. there is too much happening in the world to avoid looking at current affairs. president obama has launched a u.s.-led military action in libya. he pre-empted what he feared was going to be a major humanitarian disaster there. you, secretary rumsfeld, helped develop various ideas and princip
i would like to ask secretary russell to elaborate on when he chose to challenge and choose to defer. >> answer now? >> in time. [laughter] >> the short answer is " imperfectly." >> third, the role of a cabinet official. just as there are issues when a secretary of defense should defer to his general, there are important questions the book raises about when a cabinet officer should challenge or defer to a president. it is clear that mr. rumsfeld views the...
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take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in theovie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his assistance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our rld is a better place. we do not liv in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they engaged in corrupt back room deals. and then they demand our trust, our trust, year after year after year, lie after lie after lie. well, stop lying to us, and we will not have whistle-blowers. surely a government, show me a government, democratic or nongovernment the democratic. i remember the labor minister telling me, "trust me. trust me. i have seen the intelligence. the weapons are there. the weapons were not there. did it was working in the foreign office when ey were going around saying that the case for war against saddam was thin. instead of 2003, instead of going to chat with andrew billingham, those we
take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in theovie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his assistance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our rld is a better place. we do not liv in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they engaged in...
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we are wh gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all kinds of other conditions around them that to not allow them to get there. and limited in my educational background. i am a living citizen and a taxpayer and a voter. guest: that is a nice set of issues. the question you raised about what stifles growth, i think you'll see more specific discussion in congress that in recent memory. what appears to be supporting growth, spending more money, in fact is not. there are certain regulations that are stifling growth. some small-business owners and entrepreneurs are asking the question, you are not hiring and you're not growing, why? wh
we are wh gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all kinds...
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take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in the movie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his assistance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our world is a better place. we do not live in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they engaged in corrupt back room deals. and then they demand our trust, our trust, year after year after year, lie after lie after lie. well, stop lying to us, and we will not have whistle-blowers. surely a government, show me a government, democratic or nongovernment the democratic. i remember the labor minister telling me, "trust me. trust me. i have seen the intelligence. the weapons are there. the weapons were not there. did it was working in the foreign office when they were going around saying that the case for war against saddam was thin. instead of 2003, instead of going to chat with andrew billin
take the man that was portrayed by a rather potbellied russell crowe in the movie concern the tobacco industry. he saved lives by becoming a whistle-blower. this was about reducing the carcinogenic elements in the cigarettes. his assistance was central to the fda investigation into the role of nicotine. i do not know if he took an oath. but he stood up. our world is a better place. we do not live in a perfect world. we live in a very imperfect world, where our government lied to us. they...
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[laughter] bob, we've not had some much fun since we were campaigning in russell of the dairy queen. bob, elizabeth, distinguished guests, it is an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's home state of kansas as we dedicate a most fitting black to recognizing bob's tireless, tireless support -- most fitting plaque to recognize in bob's tireless, tireless support. the memorial would not be here without senator bob dole. i was given three minutes. i wonder about that with the vice president, but at any rate -- [laughter] he was practicing his speech when we came in. three minutes and no ribald humor. my lawyers summed up bob's legislative record. it is like trying to discuss history since 1865 ion 3 minutes. to be honored and -- to be honest and accurate, he did so much more as senate leader and give others the credit for it. most here know or have a friend in hospice care. bob dole -- a hospice care act, 1981. they all know. every farmer in kansas and it in america knows. bob dole brought the montgomery farm bill the broad emergency relief, conservation, rural development.
[laughter] bob, we've not had some much fun since we were campaigning in russell of the dairy queen. bob, elizabeth, distinguished guests, it is an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's home state of kansas as we dedicate a most fitting black to recognizing bob's tireless, tireless support -- most fitting plaque to recognize in bob's tireless, tireless support. the memorial would not be here without senator bob dole. i was given three minutes. i wonder about that with the vice...
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host: last call for stewart powell from the houston chronicle comes from russell in california. caller: good morning, gentlemen. how you doing today? host: doing well. how you doing? caller: great. my question is the curiosity of in the past the shuttle has had to push the space station back into its orbit because it is slowly falling back to earth. when the shuttles get retired, what and who is going to be responsible to push it and maintain it in orbit as the gravitational pull drags it back to earth in a slow way? guest: the international space station has maneuver ability and i presume that the calculation is that they can manage any kind of slow descent from the space station and don't need the shut toll do it. host: what is the future of the shuttle program? what do we spend? guest: we spend $100 billion. the obama administration said instead of crashing it into the ocean in 2016, which was the plan in the bush administration, they extended it five years to 2020 to try to use that as the base for the exploration and scientific knowledge that we would achieve had we gone ba
host: last call for stewart powell from the houston chronicle comes from russell in california. caller: good morning, gentlemen. how you doing today? host: doing well. how you doing? caller: great. my question is the curiosity of in the past the shuttle has had to push the space station back into its orbit because it is slowly falling back to earth. when the shuttles get retired, what and who is going to be responsible to push it and maintain it in orbit as the gravitational pull drags it back...
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we have not had so much fun since we were campaigning in russell at the dairy queen. [laughter] it is both an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's home state of kansas as we dedicate the most fitting que.u the memorial would not exist if not for senator dole. my marching orders from on high are pretty clear. three minutes. i wondered about that with the vice president, but anyway. [laughter] he was writing his speech when we came in. three minutes and no cornball roberts humor. on order is some of bob dole's american legislative record. that is like giving american history in three minutes. the challenges that his achievements are legion. to be honest and accurate, he did so much more as senate leader. he gave others the credit for it. as a marine, i take orders. hang on. most know or have a friend in hospice care. bob dole, house but it's care act of 1981. -- hospice care act of 1981. every rancher in kansas and american knows that bob rode point on every farm bill that came down the bill, emergency relief, conservation, and rural development, and a tru
we have not had so much fun since we were campaigning in russell at the dairy queen. [laughter] it is both an honor and privilege for me to represent bob dole's home state of kansas as we dedicate the most fitting que.u the memorial would not exist if not for senator dole. my marching orders from on high are pretty clear. three minutes. i wondered about that with the vice president, but anyway. [laughter] he was writing his speech when we came in. three minutes and no cornball roberts humor. on...
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we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all kinds of other conditions around them that to not allow them to get there. and limited in my educational background. i am a living citizen and a taxpayer and a voter. guest: that is a nice set of issues. the question you raised about what stifles growth, i think you'll see more specific discussion in congress that in recent memory. what appears to be supporting growth, spending more money, in fact is not. there are certain regulations that are stifling growth. some small-business owners and entrepreneurs are asking the question, you are not hiring and you're not growing, why? wh
we are with gail russell chaddock with the "christian science monitor." caller: i appreciate everything i get from watching c-span. if we follow the present cost planned for the budget, and his executive plant -- if we follow the president's plan for the budget, and just give it a chance, so the crisis that may be lower-class people or people who are citizens and taxpayers and who would love to have an opportunity to be involved and to help create, but there stifled because of all...
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satellite corp. 2011] >> tomorrow, a look at the latest developments in congress journal,"hington gail russel chaddock, jennifer griffen, greg myre, john della volne. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. the house gavels in and at noon eastern with legislative business scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.. on the agenda, a bill relating to the regulation of the internet and broadband practices and temporary 2011 federal spending. current funding expires on friday. without action, we could see a government shutdown. you can follow the house live here on c-span. the senate returns on monday at 2:00 p.m. for morning business. at 4:30 they will be in executive session to consider nomination of a judge on the federal circuit. at roll-call vote will be taken at 5:30. members return on c-span 2. now, supreme court's oral arguments on wal-mart vs. dukes. the general discrimination suit, if it is allowed to proceed it will be the largest class action in history and could potentially cost wal-mart billions of dollars. >> the mandatory nationwide class was improperly certified. first, failing to
satellite corp. 2011] >> tomorrow, a look at the latest developments in congress journal,"hington gail russel chaddock, jennifer griffen, greg myre, john della volne. that is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. the house gavels in and at noon eastern with legislative business scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.. on the agenda, a bill relating to the regulation of the internet and broadband practices and temporary 2011 federal spending. current funding expires on friday. without...
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host: last call for stewart powell from the houston chronicle comes from russell in california. caller: good morning, gentlemen. how you doing today? host: doing well. how you doing? caller: great. my question is t curiosity of in the past the shuttle has had to push the space station back into its orbit because it is slowly falling back to eah. when the shuttles get retired, what and who is going to be responble to push it and maintain it in orbit as the gravitational pull drags it back to earth in slow way? guest: the international space station has maneuver ability and i presume that the calculation is that they can manage any kind of slow descent from the space station and don't need the shut toll do it. host: what is the future of the shuttle program? what do we spend? guest: we spend $100 billion. the obama administration said instead of crashing it into the ocean in 2016, which was the plan in the bush administration, they extended it five year to 2020 t try to use that as the base for the exploration and scientific knowledge that we would achieve had we gone back to the
host: last call for stewart powell from the houston chronicle comes from russell in california. caller: good morning, gentlemen. how you doing today? host: doing well. how you doing? caller: great. my question is t curiosity of in the past the shuttle has had to push the space station back into its orbit because it is slowly falling back to eah. when the shuttles get retired, what and who is going to be responble to push it and maintain it in orbit as the gravitational pull drags it back to...